Currently, the two companies are discussing which specific ExxonMobilinternational assets Rosneft will become a non-operating equity participant, according to Alan Jeffers, a spokesperson for ExxonMobil.
With 6.4 billion barrels of oil equivalent in reserves--behind France's Total, with 11.1 billion, and ExxonMobil, with 13.6 billion--Eni is struggling to stay in the top tier of international oil companies.